BHSENGLISH12 - Ally Kershner

Early childhood Teachers-
Duties-

Teach lessons
Evaluate students’ abilities
Grade the students
Prepare students for state tests
Develop classroom rules and have them follow them
Make sure students are safe at all times
Early childhood education teachers usally teach from kindergarten to 4th or 5th grade.

Work enviornment-

can work in public or private schools
they have a "team"..other teachers who work with the same grade
Rewarding but also stressful
mostly work hours when students are present but sometimes work at home or after school
could have not up to date teaching tools
have to meet with parents for conferences more than middle and high school
usually work a 10 month school year
some can work during summer (summer school)
teaching more than one subject daily

How to become a teacher-

must have a bachelors degree
must have a state issued certification or license
sometimes required to have a major in math science or english
some require a masters in teaching or an equivalent to a masters
teachers that work for private schools don't need to meet state requirments
requirments for your certicification can vary within each state
all states require a bachelor's degree
take classes frequently to keep up their liscenses

Important qualities

communication skills
creativity
instrucstional skills
patience

Pay

may 2010 the medial annual pay was 48,000

Job outlook

from 2010 to 2020 it is expected for teachers jobs to increase by 17 percent
from 2010 to 2020 the student teacher rate is supposed to decline by 17 percent
the number of students in kindergaten and elementary is supposed to increase over the coming decade
will need more classes for the growing number of children
employment growth for kindergarten and elementary school teachers will be determined by the governments budget

Pros-

support
working with that many other co-workers
off in the summer
working with children
having an impact on the children
having your own space to work in
teaching the lessons you want to
having good students

Cons-

working with angery parents
misbehaved children
lots of paper work
not a lot of planning time
doing work at home
dealing with grades
people judging you as a teacher
having students that aren't able to speak english
dealing with bullying
students sueing teachers now
people say teaching is a privledge not a right
suspensions
search and seizer things
dealing with sexual harrasment
freedom of speech
keeping your personal life away from your professinal life
being evaluated by your principal
going through school without having a lot of time in the classroom
how stressful it is in the first year

what you need to do:

students need to show improvment in the year
mangage the studnets
improve your ability to give instrustions
need to survive the first couple of years
need to learn how each student learns
teach all the core subjects
keep up to date on the legal sides of teaching.
know what is right and what is wrong
make sure the studnets know the rules
the parents need to know the rules
have conferences with parents when needed and not when needed
knowing all of your students ablilites and disabilites